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I'm a pretty heavy torrent user, running a media server complete with sonarr/radarr for automatic downloads. I download a lot, and have multiple TBs of upload on various private trackers. I've been torrenting forever, but I've always wondered about usenet. Over and over on this, and other, forums I see people saying that usenet is way better - but why?

I understand what it is overall, but what makes it better than traditional torrenting? In my mind, it's always just seemed like a different means to the same end. I pay for a VPN and torrent for "free", or I pay for usenet access and download directly from there. As someone who's "snobby" around the quality of the stuff I torrent, does usenet provide an advantage there?

Usenet fans, I'd love to hear what makes you love it! I'm always open to trying new things, and if It really is better I'd love to know why! (Plus, maybe what providers/tools etc you recommend).

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[-] nopersonalspace@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Good to know about the parity, I've never had issues with corrupted torrents algorithm I've heard before it can happen. The first-past-the-post bit is interesting, could be useful for stuff that's much newer/ still airing...

[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It’s just a historical artifact. Most scene groups release to Usenet first and then, from there, it gets to torrent sites. If you’re also on Usenet, you can just grab the files right away and then start seeding a torrent immediately.

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